Fixture-hanger.



J. G. KNIGHT.

FIXTURE HANGER.

APPLIUAUQN NLED JULY 3,1910.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

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JULIAN GOBDON-KNIGHT, 0F BROOKLYN, lNEW? YORK, ASSIGNOB T0 NORMAN l?.

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Speeieetion o! Letters Potent.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

Application med Inly B, 1910. Berll .lfo. 570,979.

I and useful Improvements in Fixture-Hang" ers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hangers for gas and other Vfixtures and its ob'ect is to provide a simple and substantie means which are adapted to be fitted in the ceiling of a building and have a threaded socket or nipple upon which may be screwed the fixture or any similar device which may be required in the ceiling at that point, as will be more `fully described in the following s ecification, set forth in the claim and ilustrated in the drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 lis asectional view-through the ceiling of a room showin(1r the device secured therein. Fig. 2 is a si e elevation of the device ready for locating. Figi 3 is a sectional view with the straps bent for location. Fig. 4 is a modified form. Fig. 5 is a sectional view through same. Fig. 6 is another modified form.

The invention comprises a short socket or stud 10 threaded onv the outside or inside so that an ,insulating joint A1l may be screwed thereon, the said jointfcarrying the stem 12 of an electric iightA or other fizturejii. git is obvious that the Afixture may be attached directly to the stud 1G and in order to provide for the safety of the electric current and to prevent cross circuit which might otherwise prove dangerous, theA connection 11 is provided. Ii' thought advisable, the stud 10 may beef greater diameter and threaded on thcinside where the fixture may be secured therein by'ineans of a non-conductive collar as shown .in Fig. 6.

The stud l0 is preferably a short section of gas pipe threaded at one end and at the other end carrying the straps 11.1.- which may be riveted to -ihe closed end of the pipe as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 or secured in the upper end bv means of a. cross pin Various ninans may be adopted for closing the end of the stud 10 and securing to it the straps. The straps 14 are bent at right angles to the stud and may be secured to the,

rafters of the building or embedded in concrete arches and the dislocation of the stud thus prevented. y The electric conduit 16 ma' be embedded in the ceiling and have its l out ets in a non-conductin box 17 from which the wires may pass own the fixture 12 to the-bulbs and the `upper end of the to seal the `joint il, the box 17 and the Wiring and give the fixture a finished appearance. It it obvious that the wirin may ass down the stud 10 where desire provided that sufficient insulation is on the wire. This method of hanging may also provided in case it is necessary to hang pipes, conduits or wiring Aalong the ceiling in which case a loop may be screwed to the lower end of the stud and, considerable weight supported thereby; It is obvious that the parts may be otherwise arranged and modified without departing from the essential features above described.

What 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In combination, a pair of supporting bars arranged in contacting relation and with their 'upper ends .disposed angularly to the lower ends and embedded in a ceiling, a member secured to the lower ends of said bars and having external threads thereon, a flanged member having an opening to receive said first member and adapted to brace said first member to a ceiling and having wire receiving openings, a Ahoilovv member threaded on said first member and provided with Wire receiving openings, a fixture pipe threaded to said hollow member and adapted to receive wires extended through said hollow member and a shield having a contract- 1 ed lower end contacting with said fixture ipe and en upper end 'disposed ouh'vurdly of the *Banged member adapted/to contact with the ceiling and brace said fixture pipe thereto.

in witness whereof l affix my signature. in presence of two Witnesses.

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fixture may be provided with the canopy 18, 

